1 “...Claude Shannon was a tinkerer, a playful wunderkind, a groundbreaking polymath, and a digital...”

2 “... of this burgeoning field, Dr. Pierce follows the brilliant formulations of Claude Shannon and describes such aspects...”

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4 Table of Contents: “...) -- Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893-1972) -- Claude Shannon (1916-2001) -- References...”

5 Table of Contents: “...; Claude Shannon Is Infuriating!; The Only Thing You Need to Know about Data Compression; A World Built...”